Our founder, Meera Mahadevan, set up the first "mobile creche" in 1969 as a spontaneous response to the neglected children she saw on the site of the Gandhi Centenary Exhibition, in Delhi. From that rudimentary shelter, the journey began towards gaining entry into other construction sites and ensuring basic minimum care for the children of the vast migrant labour force belonging to the poorest strata of society.As more and more creches were set up across the construction sites and slums of Delhi, Mobile Creches became a trusted presence among the women who toiled for a living, building houses or selling vegetables. They left their young ones in the care of the "didis" (older sister) who fed, nurtured and tutored them, sowing the seeds of a secure childhood and a confident adulthood.Mobile Creches works with the children in the birth – 12 years age group living on the construction sites and slums of Delhi(NCR) since 1969. What sets Mobile Creches apart is the focus on the Young Child under 6 years – when the foundations for health, learning and social behaviors are laid. The early years are a period of maximum learning, rapid growth and greatest vulnerability.